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Imaging of mild traumatic brain injury using 57Co and 99mTc HMPAO SPECT as compared to other diagnostic procedures.

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2003

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Kurt Audenaert, H. Jansen, Andreas Otte, Kathelijne Peremans, Myriam Vervaet, Roger Crombez, Leo De Ridder, C. van Heeringen, Joel Thirot, Rudi Dierckx,
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Abstract

Single-headed 57Co-SPECT is able to show the site and extent of brain damage in patients with mild TBI, even in the absence of structural lesions. It may confirm and localize NPT findings. The predictive value of 57Co-SPECT should be assessed in larger patient series.